Issue 56 / September 1, 2016

Still Beholding Behemoths

What is it I’ve been looking for these past two years? / Ted Olsen

Also in this Issue:

  1. The Biggest Behemoth

    A giant parasite has grown quietly, in secret, in a remote Oregon forest. It’s now the world’s largest creature. / Dorothy Boorse

  2. Sleeping Willows

    How a big God works through small days. / Douglas Estes

  3. My Father’s World

    The rarely seen full 16 stanzas of the hymn that has been a theme for The Behemoth. / Maltbie Davenport Babcock

  4. Wonders Never Cease

    Issue 56 and beyond: Where we'll keep finding amazing stuff.

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The Behemoth is a small magazine about a big God and his big world. From the editors of Christianity Today, these articles aim to help people behold the glory of God all around them, in the worlds of science, history, theology, medicine, sociology, Bible, and personal narrative.

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Previous Issues

Issue 55 / August 18, 2016

  1. Editor's Note from August 18, 2016

    Issue 55: Seeking silences, Yellowstone's extreme life, and the ironies of wildfire. / Ted Olsen

  2. Traveling into Silence

    A journey into two of the quietest places on earth. / Rebecca Randall

  3. Life in the Cauldron

    Meet the hearty tenants of Yellowstone’s deadly hot springs. / Kyle Rohane

  4. Wildfire’s Dangerous Renewal

    Awe and lessons from Peshtigo, Yellowstone, and Fort McMurray. / Dorothy Boorse

  5. Christ as a Gardner

    “I never noticed it until they died.” / Andrew Hudgins

  6. Wonder on the Web

    Issue 55: Links to amazing stuff.

Issue 54 / August 4, 2016

  1. Editor's Note from August 04, 2016

    Issue 54: Antarctic ice, Alaskan bears, running mysteries, and wild babies. / Ted Olsen

  2. The Last Desert

    Pilgrimages on Antarctica’s wild ice. / Stephanie Krzywonos

  3. His Hand Feeds Us Both

    Thoughts on bears from an Alaska fisherwoman. / Leslie Leyland Fields

  4. What It Takes to Run

    The saying about running as “a controlled fall” is deeply true. / Lindsay Stokes

  5. Aw and Wonder in the Baby Animal Kingdom

    A photographer looks at the wild’s cute, tiny, and vulnerable. / Photos and text by Traer Scott

  6. Wonder on the Web

    Issue 54: Links to amazing stuff.

Issue 53 / July 21, 2016

  1. Editor's Note from July 21, 2016

    Issue 53: Our drone-themed issue is abuzz with music, planes, and bees. / Ted Olsen

  2. The Pitch Goes On

    My experiment with timeless, unchanging drone music. / Joel Heng Hartse

  3. Mapping the Matterhorn

    A six-hour 3D modeling of the Alps’ most famous peak is one way drone planes are being beaten into plowshares. / David Parish

  4. The Curious Case of Lazy Bees

    What drone males really do all day. / Jeremy Lederhouse

  5. Beautiful Drone Photos

    The world through the lenses of quadcopters and other unmanned remote aircraft.

  6. Wonder on the Web

    Issue 53: Links to amazing stuff.

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